Description and History of Site:-
Conventional lock with stone chamber but with later steel guillotine tail gate. Lower gate recesses are retained. The Salterhebble lower lock is one of three along the short stretch of the Long Lee cutting engineered in 1815/6 by long term superintendent and resident engineer, Thomas Bradley of Halifax. The lock provides a contrast with the earlier work of the other two Salterhebble locks and is unique on the Navigation in possessing an electrically operated steel, guillotine bottom gate. The guillotine gate was necessitated during the 1930s by the widening of the Stainland Road. It was manufactured by Ransome and Rapier of Ipswich in 1938. The gate recesses for the earlier mitre gates can still be seen.

Further Reading and References:-
Minutes of the Committee of the Calder & Hebble Navigation Company 1815/6.

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Key Words :- canal river navigation

Viewing the Site :- The site can be viewed from the towpath of the Calder & Hebble Navigation.

Address :- Wakefield Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3
Grid Ref :- SE 09571 22324
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.697270 , Long -1.856520
Local Authority :- Calderdale Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Site Dates :- 1815/6 -
Record Date :- 8 August 2016

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